Dumping-vehicle.



JEREMIAH ORONIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DUNIPING-VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Appiicaion filed April 14, 1905. serai No. 255,524.

of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in DumpingVehicles;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention., such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in dumping-vehicles.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a rack bar and pinion for placing a body upon a truck or permitting said body to be removed off of the same.

Another object of the invention is the improvement of the construction of means for securing a removable body to a truck or running-gear and permitting of said body to be adjusted to different positions.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawing the figure is a fragmentary perspective view of a truck or running-gear and a dumped wagonsbody, showing my improved mechanism applied to the same.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 1 designate the sides of the running-gear or truck, to which are secured transverse members 2 2. Movably positioned upon i the sides 1 1 is a wagon-body 3. Secured in parallel position and longitudinally of the wagonbody 3 are angle-irons or angular members 4 4, which constitute guards for preventing of lateral displacement of the body 3 after the same is positioned upon the sides 1, as well as guiding the same to or off from the sides 1. Secured to the members 2 2 is a guide-plate 5. The guide-plate 5 is provided with angular ends 6 6, which are provided with integral parallel extensions 7. Parallel extensions 7 are secured against the members 2. Removably secured to the bottom of the body 3 is a substantially U-shaped member S, which is positioned upon the guide-plate 5 for limiting movement of the body 3. The ends of the substantially U-shaped member 3 are provided with adjustable nuts 9. It will be seen that the substantially U -shaped member or staple 8 is capable of traveling the entire length of the guide-plate 5. When the member 8 is in engagement with the outer end of the guide-plate 5, the body will be in its dumped position. When the member 8 is in engagement with the forward end of the guide-plate 5, the body 3 will be positioned upon the sides 1. The angular members 4 will be in engagement with the sides 1 1 when the body 3 is in its horizontal position thereon.

Journaled upon the sides 1 1 is a revoluble shaft 10. The shaft 10 is provided with a squared end 11, which is formed for receiving a manually-actuated crank of any ordinary type for causing rotation of said shaft 10. FiXedly secured to the shaft 10 is a cog or pinion wheel 12. Secured to the inner face of one of the sides 1 1 are plates 13. The plates 13 are provided with integral hooked extension 14, which comprises a horizontal portion provided with an integral downwardly-extending lip 15. Below the angular extension 14 of the front plate 13 there is formed a stud or extension 16. The eXtension 16 of the front plate constitutes a stop for limiting movement of the rack-bar 17 in one direction. The rack-bar 17 is provided with a longitudinal cut-out portion 18, in which the lips 15 of the extensions 14 are positioned. The pinion or cog wheel 12 is provided with an annular flange 19, which acts as a guide upon the outer face of the rackbar 17 The rack-bar 17 is provided with an interal extension 20, projecting from the rear end thereof. Said extension 20 is of the same width as the cut-out portion 18. A stud or projection 21 is secured to the bottom of the body 3. A connecting member 22 is secured to the extension 20 of the rack-bar 17 and the projection 21 of the body 3. The connecting member 22 is provided with bifurcated ends 23. The body 3 is secured in a fixed position upon the truck or running-gear by means of a hook 24 and an eye 25.

To position the body upon the truck or running-gear after it has been dumped, as shown in the figure of the drawing, it will be necessary to impart rotary movement to the shaft 10, which in turn will actuate the cog or pinion wheel 12 and rackbar 17. The shaft 10 should be turned from left to right to feed the rack-bar 17 toward the front end of the truck for drawing the body upon the IOO same.v The outer beveled* ends 26 of the sides 1 facilitate the movement of the body 3 j upon said sides.

What I claim is* 1. In a mechanism of the class described, the combination with a truck and a movable body, of a guide-plate provided with angular ends secured to said truck, a removable, substantially U-shaped member positioned upon said guide-plate and secured to said body, a shaft provided with a squared, outer end journaled upon said truck, a cog-wheel fixedly secured to said shaft, plates secured to one side of said truck, said plates provided with guiding means, a rack-bar provided with a'longitudinal cut-out portion engaging said plates Aand guiding means, said raclbar meshing with said cogewheel, a stop formed upon one of said plates for limiting the forward movement of said rack-bar, a projection secured to said body, a connecting member provided with bifurcated ends secured to said projection of the body and one end of the rack-bar, parallel, angular members secured near the sides and upon the bottom of said body, and means for locking said body upon said truck.

2. The combination with a truck and a movable body, of a shaft carried by said truck, a pinion provided with an annular flange iXedly secured to said shaft, a plate provided with an angular extension carried by said truck, a slidable rack-bar carried by said truck and positioned between said annu- -lar fiange of the pinion and the angular eX- tension of said plate, the rack-bar thereby engaging said pinion, and means connecting said rack-bar to said body.

3. The combination with a truck and a movable body, of a guide-plate provided with angular ends secured to said truck, means connecting said guide-plate to said body, and means for moving said body off of or drawing the same upon said truck.

4. The combination With a truck and a body, of a guide-plate provided with bent ends, the ends of said guide-plate secured to said truck, means surrounding said guideplate and secured to said body, and means for adjusting said body upon said truck.

. 5. The combination with a truck and a body, of a shaft journaled upon said body, a pinion provided with an annular flange fixedly secured to said shaft, a slidable rack-bar provided with a cut-out portion carried by said truck and meshing with said pinion, angular guiding means carried by said truck and engaging said rack-bar, and means connecting said rack-bar to said body.

6. In a dumping-vehicle, the combination;

with a truck and removable body carried thereby, of a pinion provided with an annular flange, carried by said truck, means for revolving said pinion, a rack-bar meshing with said pinion and carried by said truck, and means connecting said body and rack-bar.

'7. The combination with a truck and a body, of a guide-plate provided with bent 

